Sulky



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SULKY.

Patented'Apr. 8, 1890.

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SULKY.

No. 425,239. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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THOMAS J. MCMURRAY AND VILLIAM B. FISHER,-OF MARION, OHIO.

SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,239, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed November 4, 1889. Serial No. 329,161- (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, THOMAS J. MCMUR- RAY and WILLIAM B. F1snns,both residents of Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulkies; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sulhies or two-wheeled Vehicles, and is designed as an improvement upon the Letters Patent granted to us August 11, 1885, No. 324,140.

As is well known, sulkies are generally employed for racing 0r speeding purposes, and it is therefore very desirable that the different parts composing the same should be of the least possible weight consistent with safety, as it frequently happens that a slight increase or addition in the Weight of the vehicle often renders ituseless for the purpose desired.

The object of myin vention, therefore, is to provide a sulky-axle which shall possess the maximum of strength with a minimum of weight and which will also act as a spring, whereby the vehicle will ride smoothly and easily.

The invention consists in the novel construction and new combination of parts, hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a sulky having the improved axle. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the axle. Fig. 3 represents alongitudinal sectional View of the axle. Fig. is a detail cross-sectional view of the seat and axle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the shafts of the vehicle and which may be of the ordinary or usual constructions. They are secured to the axle by means of the braces 2.

3 designates a cross-bar having its ends secured to the shafts and supports the forward portion of the seats by means of braces.5, the rear portion of the seat being supported by the uprights G, secured to the rear ends of the shafts. At its center the cross-bar 3 is secured to the axle by means of clips 7.

8 designates a cross-bar, connecting the rear ends of the shaft.

9 designates a hanger, secured to the crossbar 3 and 10, the whiffletree pivoted in said hanger.

11 are braces secured to the shafts at their forward ends by means of clips 12, and are secured at their rear ends to the cross-bar 3 by means of clips 13. The cross-har3 is also connected with the axle intermediate of its center and each end by the braces 14. 15 designates the axle. This is composed of a heavy bar of wood, bent or arched, as shown, and is slotted at 16, said slot extending nearly to the ends thereof, Where it is provided with metal clips 17. The axle is about three inches deep, and the slot is made by sawing out the center thereof, leaving the upper and lower portions 17 and 18 formed thereby solid at the ends, where the thimble is secured. The under portion of the axle is grooved at each end, said grooves extending toward the center thereof and designed to receive the projecting arms 19 of the thimbles or axleskeins 20.

In the slot 16, intermediate of the portion 17 and 18, are placed a number of blocks or posts 21, held in place by the bolts 22, having screw-threaded ends provided with bindingnuts 28. These bolts and nuts also serve to retain the arms 19 of the thimbles in place in the grooves on the under side of the axle.

It will be evident from the above description that the axle is light in weight, yet pos sessed of the necessary strength for the purposes of which it is designed. it also possesses a slight degree of springiness, which renders the riding of the vehicle smooth and easy. It can be manufactured at very little cost, is durable in use, and is especially adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a sulky, the combination, with the arched axle made from a single piece of material having a slot extending to near the ends thereof, the posts inserted in said slot, and the our own we have hereunto affixed our signaaXle-skeins having projecting arms fitting in tures in presence of two Witnesses. grooves in each end of the axle on the under r side thereof, of the shafts and the cross-bar AL 5 secured thereto, said cross-bar being clipped at its center to the center of the lower portion W'itnesses: or truss of the axle, substantially as described. CHARLES C. FISHER,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as GRANT E. MONSER. 

